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ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug

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Posted: Mon., March 31, 2008, 02:06 pm

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Topics: ABR, ACE Inhibitor, Angiotensin-receptor Blocker, Heart Attacks, high blood pressure, Medication, stroke, Treatments - Traditional, EmpowHer News

By Ed Edelson
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with an ACE inhibitor drug was as effective in reducing deaths, heart attacks and stroke in a high-risk group of patients as a newer and more expensive angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) drug, a large international study has found.

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